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Patented out. 16,1894.

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J. A.` GossELIN. GURD CUTTING MACHINE.

No. 527,420. Patented: on. 16,1894.

curd cutting machine of easy operation and the main portion of `myinvention and which Ais placed over a receptacle to receive the auf.

llm'rnn STATES PATENT Orificeo JOSEPH ANSELNE GOSSELIN, `OF DRUMMONDVILLE, CANADA.

CURD-CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,420, dated October 16, 1894. Application iled June 2S, 1894. Serial No. 515,623. (No modelJPalBlltd ill Canada May 21,1394 NO- 461124- To @ZZ whom t `may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ANsELNE GossELIN, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Drummondville, in the county of Drummond and Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curd- Cutting Machines for Cheese Factories; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

A patent for this invention has been obtained in Canada, N o. 46,124, dated May 2l, 1894.

My invention has reference to a curd cut- 'ting machine for cheese factories composed of a cylinder mounted on a wheel, this cylinder being provided with longitudinal cutters, which may or may not be parallel with the shaft on which it is mounted, the curded milk being brought to the cylinder by means of an inclined spout. I am aware that there exist curd cutters at present but they simply consist of vertical disks provided with radial cutters, so that when the curded milk is brought in contact with them by passing down a spout large pieces of it iiow out at the side of the latter on account of the distance the spout has to be kept away from the disk.

The object of my invention is to provide a preventing all waste of material, and also to cut the curded milk into as small pieces as desired it being a very important pointespecially to completely extract all the liquids remaining in the curded milk and also to permit the salt which is subsequently added to reach all points of the whole mass of curd. Referring to the drawings similar letters refer to similar partsthroughout the several views. a j

Figure l-- is a side view; Fig. 2, a vertical section of my cutter; Fig. 3, an end view.

A, B, C, and D denote the several pieces of the frame supporting my cylinder E which is finely divided curded milk, and which is not shown on the drawings.

F is a spout or inclined chute which conducts the curd ed milk tommy cutting cylinder E, which is of suitable length aud mounted on the wheel e, placed in the center of its length, and secured to the shaft e', which extends out at either end and rotates in adjustable bearings composed of two pieces e2, esjoined to one another, and freely sliding on the two U shaped supports e4, secured to the top piece A of the frame of my machine. The U shaped supports are provided in their upright projections with set screws e5, which serve to regulate the distance of the cutting cylinder E from the end of the spout F. The shaft c is provided on one of its extremities with a crank e6, e7, which serves to turn the whole by hand in the direction shown by the arrows in Figs. l an-d 2.

The extremities of the spokes e8 of the central wheel, are provided with small lateral projections e", onto which are secured in any suitable way distinct pieces em, which are curved to conform to the circumference of the cylinderE but having one of their edges projecting up as shown on the drawings at e so as to form a helicoidal cutter with reference to the axis of the cylinder. These pieces em are moreover secured at their two ends to circular plates or disks cl3 which form the exterior and free ends of the cylinder E through which falls out the finely cut curded milk. On the under side of the projections e11 are placed parallel to one another and from end to end of same small knives or` cutters cl2 secured to the pieces e10 and perpendicular to e11 and ew.

I might here state that the circular plates e extend up beyond the projections e11 so that the end of the spout F projects in between them, and consequently no curded milk can fallout at the sides as the spout closely fits between the projections c,

Of course the projections en can be made parallel to the shaft of the cylinder E or corrugated, or in fact form any suitable combination without changing the principle of my invention.`

This machine can of course be driven by power as well as by hand, and can be made out of any suitable material.

\ I might here add that the inclination of the spout F can be varied at will, or again another spout placed inside the first one, so

that the size of the cut pieces can be regu- IOO lated, for it will* be svreadilyseeniffthat zile sharperthe angle of Contact b'etweenjthecyilinder E and the spout F the larger the pieces,

for the curded milk being a semi-Huid sub-. stance, its own weight will shove more Johrough the knives When the spoutrEis inclined upward than when "the" angle f ""irrclinations' small.

Having described my inventionfiwhat #Il` claim, and desire to secure byLettersPatent,l 1s- In a :cu-rd cutting machinegithezcombination, Witha cutting cylinder E, .journaled in'` bearings "and provided rwith "means for re-' volving it, said cylinder consisting of the concave-:convex platesiorpieces' e10- m'ounted seas `:to 'form a'cylinderpfuhere being spaces between the-edges of ,thefadjacent plates, and theaid tplateslbeing :provided :on one face and edge with the projections e and the knivesw each arranged on the opposite face and in the passageway between one of the said projeetionsand,,the plane -side of the "adjac'entlate, `andthe circular disks als secured to the ends of the said plates; of means, fasuizhef'chute. 4lpfor feeding material to the said cutting cylinder, substantially as described. 1

In-:testimnnyzwhereI'havealxed f my signature inpresence of twowitnesses.

"JOSEPH NSEIJNE GOSSELIN. Witnesses:

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